District Court of Appeal of Florida

A conviction and sentence for the third-degree felony of cheating, in connection with defendant's sale of bottled water that had been distributed gratuitously as relief supplies in the aftermath of Hurricane Charley, is reversed where the state failed to prove that the distributor of the supplies relied on a misstatement of fact made by defendant concerning his intended use of the bottled water.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/13/2006
• Published 09/13/2006

Judges

• WALLACE, Judge.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ronald N. Toward, Bartow, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and William I. Munsey, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.